Early this summer, my show partner Susan and I agreed that the 2016 Listen To Your Mother:Portland show would be our last as producer and director.

The last three years have been so much wonderful. We gathered armfuls of storytellers, moments ago strangers, and shared their voices with hundreds of eager listeners, and held one another, tenderly witnessing our truths both hard and hilarious, both common and unique. We became community. And we will continue to be, in new and wonderful and not-entirely-known-yet ways.

Todaythe mother of the Listen To Your Mother movement, Ann Imig, announced the upcoming 2017 season as the stellar last for ALL live Listen To Your Mother shows. A grand finale of mother-loving goodness. This final season will include a soon-to-be-released roster of returning cities. As no new cities or production teams will be added, there will be no 2017 Portland show. We didn't know on stage in May, that our 2016 show would be Portland's last, but besides missing the chance to say good-bye and thank you in person, we wouldn't change a thing.

To Ann Imig and the entire LTYM national team, to our directors and producer sisters in local cities nationwide, to our kick-ass sponsors, photographers, videographers, and venue, to my two glorious production partners, Kelli Martinelli and Susan Fleming, and our beautiful family of storytellers: THANK YOU for the opportunity, for the support, for the magic. I had the most amazing time. Love and luck to us all. -Carisa

Today the Listen To Your Mother show is offering up 500 unique, personal perspectives of the human experience viewed through the lens of motherhood. With tremendous thanks to our production team for their diligent processing, we are pleased to announce the videos from our 2016 LTYM show season are now ready for the eyes of the Internet. You'll find our 3rd annual Portland show, right...about...here.

A few tips for first time viewers: the stories of each show were thoughtfully assembled in a particular order, so if you’re looking for something akin to the live show experience, go in for an entire city’s playlist and watch in order from start to finish.

We’ve got gratitude, yes we do, we’ve got gratitude…for you! (How embarrassing. I’ve reverted twenty years, to my accidental cheerleading days.) It’s true though, Susan and I, we’re feeling thankful. The third annual Listen To Your Mother:Portland show was a dynamite success. Stories told, tears cried, laughs belted out loud. We’re grateful for the chance to put the show together and we loved doing it. From the storytellers who compelled the connection to the audience who held us tenderly as we braved the stage, we've got a lot of thanks to give...READ MORE

Welcome to the new year. What do you have planned for yourself? Any interest in putting pen to paper, finger-pads to keyboard, quill to parchment, and sharing one of your amazing stories with Listen To Your Mother:Portland? Thought so. You'll find everything you need to know right HERE.

Floors upon floors upon buildings of set workshops, props and costume departments. All the millions of details that must line up and fade into the background of an historically authentic representation in storytelling. From underwear to home decor.